Women In Mining(WIM), Nigeria Held Annual Two-Days Conference And Exhibition In Lagos

 

Hon. Eng. Janet Femishola Adeyemi Founder and National President of (WIM) Lagos Chapter 

The Association of Women In Mining (WIM) is a business membership and a Non-profit organization that brings together women in the mining industry. 

The purpose of this conference was to advocate and campaign for appropriate policies and laws that protects the right of women and their children in the mining communities and also to promote the unified voice of (WIM) that will increase the support to Women In Mining, thereby leading to change in the Mining community and in Nigeria.

During the interview with Hon. Eng. Janet Femishola Adeyemi, Founder and National President of Women In Mining (WIM) Lagos Chapter, she told us about her experience in mining and how it’s often seen as a man’s world.

In her own word, she said, “In the world as we know it to be most careers are seen to be men’s world not just mining alone.”

“The only things is that women should strive to conquer  in any field they find themselves in.”

Hon. Eng. Janet Femishola Adeyemi with a colleague 

She continued, “Just in the education system back in my mother’s time, women were not allowed to go to school.”

She lamented that her mother was smart and intelligent but was not allowed to go to school.

“But in our generation, school is a normal thing because some people stood up to fight for it and conquered that field”, She said.

“Also in the field of medicine they also believe that it was no place for a women. But an Abeokuta lady, Late Doc Mrs Awoniyi, The first Nigerian woman to become a doctor, also the field of geophysics, Eniola Ajakayi a PHD holder were able to conquer their fields.”

She advises women to take control of their sphere. She clamors that mining need more women, it is a field not just for men only. 

Hon. Eng. Janet Femishola Adeyemi is a great icon and the kind of woman needed to build the womenfold in Nigeria.